Congratulations Germany #WorldCup2014

I was never much of a Football fan, coming from a country like India which is crazy about Cricket, I was also imbibed into that culture quite naturally. And quite frankly I love cricket. It is my favourite sport. But this time around I religiously watched FIFA World Cup and it was truly a joyful experience (except the part where you are sleepy and groggy at office every day). Nonetheless, the passion and vigour with which players and crowd at the stadium showed keeps you awake to watch the matches. 

I supported Germany from the beginning (sitting in office in my maroon and red  horizontal stripes t-shirt) but liked other teams like Argentina (just for Messi but now I know few other players like Higuain, Mascherano and Aguera), Belgium (hailed as the dark horse and I liked Eden Hazard among them) and Netherlands (for the legendary Van Persie, Sneijder and Robben). Wow, never knew that I know so many names. All because of World Cup. I think Germans really showed their class. I mean why not, with players like Muller, the aging Klose, Ozil, Bastian Schweinsteiger (very tough name), Khedira, Lahm, etc., it was truly the team to beat from the beginning. The 7-1 drub of Brazil will not be forgotten for a long long time. It was the humiliation of humiliations. I mean people might just equate the worse humiliations with that match perhaps from now on. 

Congratulations to Germany! And Goetze the man of the moment.

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This apart my favourite goal of the tournament was Sneijder's ultimate power kick into the goal post against Mexico. People might say there was no skill in it or whatever but that was so stylish and so powerful. No one moved an inch, if the goal keeper or defender had touched it, I am sure it would have broken their limbs. Apart from that I liked Colombian wonder boy James Rodrigez's goal that hit the goal post and went inside. Seriously, I have no clue why Messi got the Golden Ball though. I mean I love him but a. His heroics did not win the world cup. b. There were people who hit more goals than him. May be because he was the playmaker or whatever but when it mattered like in the knock out games he didn't hit even one goal and especially in the final, his performance was nothing close to even good let alone great. 

Also, if I don't say this it won't be complete. The ladies in the crowd. Ahhhhhhh. Was there some condition that only models would be allowed to sit in stadiums. Every one of them so pretty. How I wish Indian stadiums had such a crowd with such an enthusiasm. I wish I have enough money to watch a match in Moscow next time and be a part of such a wonderful crowd. So long!